If You Lost This Past Weekend To a Quality Opponent, Be Thankful
Prior to this weekend you felt your season was near perfect and you were ready to submit it for a final grade.
There Is No Guarantee Of Success
There is a possibility, heck, maybe even a probability, that you will give everything you have and not get the reward you sought after. But that doesn’t mean you stop doing the right thing.
The Wrestlers Hallway of Heartbreak
We’ve all been in that hallway before.
Do Your Everyday’s Every Day
Your life is a sculpture. Chip away, Every day. J.R. Rim Greatness begins when practice ends. It is not what you do during a scheduled practice which makes you great. It is what you do after one that does. Early in his career, an elite wrestler will realize […]
Your Nights Must Be Friends With Your Days
It is much easier to stay disciplined than it is to get discipline back into your life again.
Don’t Let Defeat be Victorious
There is a difference between losing and being beaten.
Walt Whitman Speech 2019
In 2018 the Walt Whitman High School wrestling team lost their coach Vin Altebrando to a rare auto-immune disease. He was 51. Here is a speech I gave at Walt Whitman HS this spring communicating that Wrestling is More Than a Sport It is a Lifestyle. A Lifestyle […]
Never Bet Against an Underdog Who Has The Heart of a Champion
And when one has a purpose, “heart” is released during battle which makes even the smallest muscles and the tiniest physique more powerful than one could imagine or foresee.
My Wish – For Everyone to Have Just the Right Amount of Pain In Their Lives.
What we obtain too cheap.
We esteem too lightly.
The Universe Is Watching When No One Is There
Applause can’t be your motivator.
As a wrestler, you train in seclusion, you live with social discipline, and you compete in an empty gym.
Applause can’t be your motivator.
